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The Fine Art of getting a B.F.A.

By Ashley Wilson · Thursday, April 19,2007 12 a.m.

Staring resolutely at the camera with bangs covering one eye, a pretty, dark-skinned woman with a stoic expression is posed on the couch. Next to this photograph are the words “I do like things about myself but they seem to be trivial, like my wrists and collarbone.”

New film series screening to aid orphanage in Congo

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Wednesday, April 18,2007 12 a.m.

Local Art Action Incorporated, under the leadership of Jen Eberbach, who also works in public relations for the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, is working to better the lives of orphans at one orphanage in the Republic of Congo.

IU Ballet Theater shows its versatility, virtuosity

By Ashley Wilson · Wednesday, April 18,2007 12 a.m.

Just weeks after performing the ballet “Cinderella” to nearly sold-out audiences at the Musical Arts Center, the IU Ballet Theater is back with a quieter, more off-the-radar show that is sure to be as pleasing.

Student poet writes ‘lux et veritas’

By Michael Reschke · Wednesday, April 18,2007 12 a.m.

The new Starbucks in the Indiana Memorial Union has brought more students to a part of the building that has usually been quiet. Graduate student Luke Hankins was sitting in that part of the building when he was inspired to write a poem he named after the university motto, “Lux Et Veritas”.

Take a bow: 2 Jacobs School conductors to give farewell performances this week

By Eric Anderson · Wednesday, April 18,2007 12 a.m.

In the next few days, two members of the IU Jacobs School of Music faculty will retire and bid farewell to the school that has been their home for over three decades. Jan Harrington, currently chair of the choral department, and Mary Goetze, professor of music in general studies, took some time to reflect on their years in Bloomington.

Is ‘creepy’ art?

By Ryan Brown · Tuesday, April 17,2007 12 a.m.

Lately, the art world has produced works of a very unusual juxtaposition, one that earns the word by mixing familiar childhood images, such as teddy bears, dolls and happy little homes, with completely disturbing themes, such as blood, drowned corpses, slabs of meat and the decapitated head of Abraham Lincoln.

‘Nine, the Musical’ not quite a perfect 10

By Kelsey Nash · Tuesday, April 17,2007 12 a.m.

The provocative and unusual production “Nine” opened Friday night at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. A mixed bag of stupendous and so-so performances, “Nine” fell short of my expectations but still delivered an engaging and entertaining show.

Former senator shares memories of life and politics

By Katie Ingmire · Monday, April 16,2007 12 a.m.

In November 1969, former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey penned a letter to U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, an Indiana Democrat, praising Bayh’s leadership role in the hearings of Supreme Court nominee Clement Haynsworth.

AMO hosts a sugar-sweet show featuring local clothing stores

By Katrina Loh · Monday, April 16,2007 12 a.m.

Candy-colored corsets and funky patterns ruled the runway at this year’s Apparel Merchandising Organization annual fashion show.

Gwen’s not-so-tragic Kingdom

By Teri Rosenbaum · Monday, April 16,2007 12 a.m.

Flash back to a scene of me in the shower of my excessively peach-colored bathroom in the fifth grade, singing to my loofah and wishing for the mysterious presence of a talent scout outside the door.

Whitney ‘acts’ on her instinct

By Lindsey Landis · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

Whitney first tried to break into the modeling world in her hometown of West Palm Beach, Fla. She explained that the agents were looking for stick thin Brazilian girls, so the plus-size black girl just didn’t stand a chance. She auditioned for cycle seven of America’s Next Top Model, giving up her position on the Dartmouth women’s basketball team. She didn’t make the seventh cycle, but was called back for the eighth. She landed a spot on the show, and abandoned her studies at Dartmouth. She has since returned and will graduate with a degree in sociology in June.

Work of influential Senegalese artist on display at IUAM gallery

By Kyle Meehan · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

The work of Kalidou Sy, a Senegalese painter and former Bloomington resident, is on display until May 20 in the IU Art Museum’s first-floor Special Exhibitions Gallery. Sy’s work was the subject of a lecture by Joanna Grabski, assistant professor at Ohio’s Denison University, Wednesday night in Woodburn Hall. Sy moved to Bloomington in 1997 to marry Eileen Julien, the chairperson of IU’s Department of Comparative Literature. He remained in town, except for a two-year stint in Maryland and annual trips to Senegal, until his death in 2005.

The Complete Moron's Guide to: The Renaissance

Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

Performers, vendors and re-enactors will party like its 1499 during the annual Bloomington Renaissance Faire, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Dunn Meadow. The free event celebrates the Renaissance era, which spanned the 14th through 17th centuries, and was a defining period for artistic, intellectual and social development in Europe. The following is a list of five of the most influential people of the period. Use them as inspiration for your own Renaissance-style costume.

Bell picks up Avery Fisher award prize

Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – When Joshua Bell was a teenager in Indiana, he got a call from Avery Fisher himself telling him he had won an Avery Fisher Career Grant, which helps selected young American classical musicians embark on a career.

JWAC hosts young artist competition

By Jessica Andrews · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

Young artists will be rewarded for their contributions and efforts this Sunday at the John Waldron Arts Center. The Bloomington chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters will host its 41st competition this Sunday with a showcase of 12 of the most talented young artists around Indiana.

ARTiFACTS

Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

What: Fiesta mask from Loiza Aldea, Puerto Rico.

In England, King Arthur’s legend lives on at Tintagel

By Daniel Lovering · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

TINTAGEL, England – Storms and gusting winds have chiseled away at this corner of southwestern England for centuries, but the legends that inhabit the area still loom large. The rocky headland near the village of Tintagel has become so entwined with the legend of King Arthur that its true history seems almost incidental, despite a collection of rough stone foundations and listing walls that hint at its rich past. According to various poems, stories and popular myths, it was here, at the fortress of a Cornish duke, that King Arthur was conceived. Later versions of the story say Arthur was born at the site and may have lived here for a time.

All the world is a stage: especially NYC living rooms

By Jennifer Peltz · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – The air is filled with uncertain expectancy as purple-haired 20-somethings, urbane 50-somethings and those in between stream into the loft. The 40 or so people exchange smiles without quite mingling. Some head for the pingpong table, while others put on lipstick or pull beers from the fridge. One man tries to gauge the loft’s occupants by decoding the post-collegiate minimalist decor: an entry-level sofa with a beanbag chair, utility shelves supporting books that range from Grisham to Nietzsche.

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John R. Armstrong as Guido is surrounded by women during the Department of Theatre and Drama's prduction of "Nine, the Musical" at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre.

‘Nine, the Musical’ ends IU theater season

By Kelsey Nash · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

The musical opening Friday at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre will take its audience somewhere outside of reality, says graduate student John Armstrong. Tony Award-winning “Nine, the Musical” follows the story of an Italian film director named Guido Contini, played by Armstrong. The musical is based on Federico Fellini’s Italian film “8 1/2.”

G. Love ‘makes lemonade’ at Bluebird

By Zack Teibloom · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

A decade ago G. Love (Garrett Dutton) told a friend he would get a tattoo of “lemonade” on his arm if he ever got a record contract. Thirteen years and seven albums deep into his career he not only decided to get the tattoo but also named his most recent album “Lemonade.” For G. Love, lemonade means more than just lemons, sugar and water. It symbolizes a time before he was famous when he would play the streets and make a pitcher of lemonade on his porch, where he did a lot of his “shredding and writing,” according to a press release.

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